UPDATE ON TESTA AREA GROWTH
We have to take the bad with the good. The downtown Testa’s area will be a tough place to park for some time to come as the Frisbee group starts work on their forthcoming project. Build-out is projected to be four years, with construction starting this coming October, and concerned folks want that reduced to two years. It was pointed out the Neiman Marcus' new building went up in two years. New retail buildings will go up and condos, with an underground parking garage, and then life will be easier in the area, with new offerings, a favorite of many Palm Beachers.
Testa’s Restaurant opened in 1921 as a 13-seat soda fountain in the lobby of the old Garden Theater on Main Street, now Royal Poinciana Way and has grown and grown into a steady eaterie for Palm Beachers and visitors to the Island.
Parking and sidewalk access will present temporary problems. Other concerns are construction hours, lighting, security, pedestrian safety, traffic and other work-related issues. All agree it will be dusty and dirty for a while. Construction workers will park off the Island and be bused in.
Six buildings with retail on the ground floor will go up. The second floor will have homes and there will be gardens, vias and courtyards. A new restaurant is included and the underground parking garage.
Once completed everybody will be/should be happy.
